biceg
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
An onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
biceg
- (intransitive, of a person, animal) to limp, hobble, halt (to walk with a slight limp)
- Synonyms: sántikál, húzza a lábát
- (intransitive, of furniture) to wobble
- (intransitive, figuratively) to halt (e.g. rhyme, verse, rhythm)
- Synonyms: akadozik, botladozik, döcög, sántít
Conjugation edit
conjugation of biceg
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | bicegek | bicegsz | biceg | bicegünk | bicegtek | bicegnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | bicegtem | bicegtél | bicegett | bicegtünk | bicegtetek | bicegtek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. bicegni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bicegék | bicegél | bicege | bicegénk | bicegétek | bicegének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. biceg vala, bicegett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | bicegendek | bicegendesz | bicegend | bicegendünk | bicegendetek | bicegendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | bicegnék | bicegnél | bicegne | bicegnénk | bicegnétek | bicegnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bicegett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | bicegjek | bicegj or bicegjél |
bicegjen | bicegjünk | bicegjetek | bicegjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bicegett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | bicegni | bicegnem | bicegned | bicegnie | bicegnünk | bicegnetek | bicegniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| bicegés | bicegő | bicegett | ― | bicegve (bicegvén) | bicegtet | ||||
potential conjugation of biceg
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | biceghetek | biceghetsz | biceghet | biceghetünk | biceghettek | biceghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | biceghettem | biceghettél | biceghetett | biceghettünk | biceghettetek | biceghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | bicegheték | biceghetél | biceghete | bicegheténk | biceghetétek | biceghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. biceghet vala, biceghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | biceghetendek or bicegandhatok |
biceghetendesz or bicegandhatsz |
biceghetend or bicegandhat |
biceghetendünk or bicegandhatunk |
biceghetendetek or bicegandhattok |
biceghetendenek or bicegandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | biceghetnék | biceghetnél | biceghetne | biceghetnénk | biceghetnétek | biceghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. biceghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | biceghessek | biceghess or biceghessél |
biceghessen | biceghessünk | biceghessetek | biceghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. biceghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (biceghetni) | (biceghetnem) | (biceghetned) | (biceghetnie) | (biceghetnünk) | (biceghetnetek) | (biceghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (biceghetve / biceghetvén) | ||||
Derived terms edit
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Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ biceg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- biceg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- biceg in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)